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Psychology
fromPsychology Today
10 hours ago

Toward a Better Understanding of the Psychology of Goals

Personal identity shapes goal choice; concrete, identity-aligned goals and measurable progress sustain motivation beyond the moment of achievement.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

Should I Just Leave?

Identify whether a partner collaborates or resists to know if meaningful change is possible; collaborators engage and change, resisters avoid responsibility.
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

How Our Morals Might Get in the Way of Behavior Change

In the 1960s and 70s, researchers showed that while people's actions are heavily influenced by the context around them, we tend to explain behavior by focusing on internal traits. This tendency, for example, to say someone was rude because they are a rude person, rather than because they were in a stressful situation, is called the Fundamental Attribution Error. We pay less attention to the context and attribute behavior to the content of a person's character.
Psychology
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Get Upstream of the Craving

Environmental cues conditioned to past rewards activate brain reward centers, causing cravings and relapse; identifying and reducing triggers helps prevent unwanted behaviors.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

The Benefits of Relationship Premortems

A premortem identifies and corrects likely behaviors that could cause a relationship to fail, enabling clients to alter long-term patterns.
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#habit-formation
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

How to Overcome a Hoarding Problem

To address hoarding, begin with the main principle: Your emotions and behaviors come from your thinking about situations, not from the situations themselves.This is good news! When your emotions or behaviors are undesirable, you're not defeated. You can identify the beliefs causing these emotions and behaviors and then change your thinking. So the first step in diagnosing a hoarding problem involves identifying the irrational thinking that's behind it.
Psychology
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

5 Ways to Learn to Love Self-Discipline

Self-discipline can be learned at any age by starting small, linking habits to core values, and letting successes spread into other routines.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

Why Good Therapy Doesn't Always Feel Good

All emotions are valid, but behaviors are chosen and must align with values; validating feelings without addressing behaviors can keep people stuck.
fromSecuritymagazine
4 weeks ago

From Fear to Action: How to Craft Cybersecurity Campaigns That Actually Change Behavior

In the cybersecurity world, fear is easy to sell. Headlines announce devastating breaches. Alerts warn us that phishing emails are on the rise. Yet for all the anxiety that cybersecurity messaging generates, it rarely leads to meaningful behavior change. In fact, scare tactics often backfire. People tune out. They freeze up. Or they file the message away under "someone else's problem."
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Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

What Do You Need to Change Most in Your Life?

Identify and replace dominant destructive habits—addiction, anger, anxiety, avoidance—with healthier behaviors, passions, and values to improve everyday life.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

5 Secrets to Self-Control

Sustainable self-control involves environmental strategies rather than mere willpower.
Improving self-control is about aligning actions with values for easier follow-through.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

Improving the Credibility of Professional Psychology

The flexibility of scholarship allows for evolving research agendas such as improving credibility in professional psychology.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
3 months ago

'30 Days of GPT': How a Whoop product leader ingrained AI in her team

Hilary Gridley emphasizes building daily AI habits through simplicity, consistency, and effective reward loops, rather than traditional training methods.
Wellness
fromMedium
3 months ago

The $500 billion wellness problem that gamification could actually solve

Gen Z prioritizes appearance, energy, and gut health as key drivers for fitness motivation.
fromClickUp
3 months ago

How to Use Google Calendar as a Habit Tracker for Productivity

You may not rise to the level of your goals, but rather fall to the level of your systems, indicating that success is deeply rooted in effective systems.
Gadgets
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

Crossing Our Thresholds: Finding the Courage to Make Change

"Threshold transitions are not about minor adjustments but a profound transformation of our way of being in the world."
Mindfulness
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

Temptation Is an Emotion Remembered

Emotional eating poses significant challenges in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Identifying driving emotions can complicate behavior change strategies.
Complex psychological responses complicate interventions aimed at emotional eating.
Bypassing emotional identification may facilitate healthier eating habits.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
5 months ago

Your Self-Talk is Your Destiny-These 3 Words Matter Most

Your inner dialogue influences your self-concept and future.
Powerful affirmations like, 'I am' and 'I can' drive personal transformation.
Shifting self-talk is crucial for identity and behavior changes.
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